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Voting in Indiana thegrio.com
April 15, 2020

Black Voters Matter sue Georgia over alleged poll tax

Postage for mail in ballots in Georgia might be a modern-day poll tax, says black voting advocates in a lawsuit…
August 6, 2015

The fight to vote in 2015: Why restoring the Voting Rights Act matters

OPINION - In theory, the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution February 3, 1870 gave black men the…
October 18, 2014

Supreme Court allows Texas “poll tax” voter ID law

Texas has gotten the go-ahead from the Supreme Court to use its strict voter identification law in the November election.
April 8, 2013

Black Britons have mixed feelings about Margaret Thatcher legacy

theGRIO REPORT - In Britain, Thatcher was a divisive force, who you either loved or loathed...
July 11, 2012

How poll taxes have historically hurt black Americans

theGRIO REPORT - Addressing the 103rd NAACP Convention in Houston, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder likened new voter ID laws…